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Some call Lebanon “Israel’s Vietnam.” And in several respects, the analogy is apt. A small, ideologically driven guerrilla army chased the Middle East’s preeminent military out of territory it had occupied for 22 years. In the end, the guerrillas were willing to die for their cause, and the Israelis were not. Israel took in many of its Lebanese allies and their families last week, but hundreds remained behind to face prison terms or worse for collaborating with the enemy (box)....

Yet, there has yet to be a definitive study to compare the connectivity of major sports stadiums until now. RootMetrics launched the first version of Venue Rootscore Reports, which measures different carriers’ mobile data performance and publicly available Wi-fi at arenas and stadiums throughout the country. “Smartphones have transformed the way we experience games and events,” explained Bill Moore, CEO of RootMetrics. “It’s no longer just about watching a game or concert; we want to share the experience by uploading, texting, and emailing photos and videos to friends and family, too....

The average award to victims’ families should increase by about $200,000 after changes made to the criteria used to deduct outside income. As expected, the noneconomic loss awards were increased from $50,000 to $100,000 for the spouse and each dependent of a victim. Under the final rules, award calculations will not deduct Social Security death benefits for surviving spouses, worker-compensation benefits and 401(k) accounts. The formula will also factor in a victim’s age, earning potential and salary at the time of death when calculating the family’s award....

The medication, asenapine, manufactured by Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical, will be marketed under the brand name Secuado. Secuado gives a once-a-day sustained dose of the anti-psychotic drug many people suffering from schizophrenia rely on. Asenapine treats schizophrenia by rebalancing chemicals, such as dopamine and serotonin, in the brain, and transdermal delivery may offer patients an easy way to take their medication. “In addition to offering a new delivery option, transdermal patches can also provide caretakers and healthcare providers with a non-intrusive, visual confirmation that a treatment is being utilized,” said Leslie Citrome, clinical professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at New York Medical College, in a statement....

Most people also don’t realize that these swipe fees have nearly tripled in the past 10 years. In fact, American businesses are forced to pay some of the highest credit card swipe fees in the industrialized world. But the big credit card companies like Visa and Mastercard would prefer to keep consumers in the dark. How did these fees get so out of hand? As with most market failures, these rising prices are due to a lack of competition....

In the ancient university town of Cambridge, Abdullah shared an apartment with a man who played the guitar, apparently not well, and sang off key. Abdullah later “boasted,” Maher recalled, that he had warned his flatmate that if he kept on playing and singing, “I’m going to smash the guitar.” To make his point a little more emphatically, Abdullah popped a video into the DVD player. It showed Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, the vicious chief of Al Qaeda in Iraq (killed by an American airstrike last summer), beheading a hostage....

The new legislation was signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott back in June and goes into effect on September 1. In a statement on June 17, the governor’s office said: “House Bill 1927 (Schaefer/Schwertner) authorizes Constitutional Carry in Texas, meaning law-abiding Texans can legally carry a handgun without a license to carry.” What Does the New Texas Gun Law Mean? The Texas State Law Library explains the latest gun law “removed the requirement to have a license to carry a handgun....

That’s an opinion, but it should be an accepted fact. They are the two programs with the most wins in college football, and Notre Dame will be the first to join Michigan in the 900-win club this season. MORE: 50 questions answered before 2016 season The news that Notre Dame and Michigan will renew their rivalry with a home-and-home series in 2018-19 is the first step back to getting these schools playing every year again....

Thus far, it looks like lines that service hipster enclaves like the Lower East Side and parts of Brooklyn are seeing the most action. The F and L lines both traverse the East River, giving potential suitors more time to gin up the courage to approach those fair maidens. “I don’t know if I would call a guy I met on a subway,” said one single 26-year-old woman last week....

Kasen Kyrie was born on January 14, 2020 and spent his first three days of life in a newborn intensive care unit suffering from a severe case of jaundice and breathing complications. Kyrie was eventually discharged from hospital but his mother, Syracuse resident Mitayah Donerlson, soon realized that the newborn was continuing to experience complications. These included jaundice, dark urine and difficulty gaining weight, according to a GoFundMe page set up by Donerlson....

Mayor Bill de Blasio issued the new rules to combat the sharp increase in new coronavirus cases in the city. Over the past week, the city averaged 2,000 new cases a day, compared to around 200 a day in late June. The mayor also announced that about 100 vaccination sites, such as gyms, will be set up, and over 600 canvassers will be sent out to help the campaign....

The United States is now the focal point of the global coronavirus outbreak and at its center is the Empire State. New York reported 83,712 cases on Wednesday, the same day that China’s health ministry reported 82,631 cases. “The answer is nobody knows for sure,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday with regard to when the outbreak would end. “I understand the need for closure, the need for control … [but] nobody can tell you....

To fight the issue, Cuomo issued an executive order that he said will provide necessary resources to curb what he called a public health crisis. He also compared gun violence to COVID-19. “We went from one epidemic to another,” he said. “We went from COVID to the epidemic of gun violence and the fear, and the death, that goes along with it. It’s so bad when you look at the recent numbers, more people are dying of gun violence than of COVID....

In the first incident, a 23-year-old woman was allegedly punched by a female suspect while walking 34th Street between 5th and 6th avenues at around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, reports the New York Post. The suspect is alleged to have yelled “where is your corona mask, you Asian b****” before striking the woman in an apparent reference to the masks people have been wearing to protect themselves amid the COVID-19 outbreak....

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) told The New York Post they are doing “everything possible to encourage incarcerated individuals” to get vaccinated, and a total of 34,000 inmates have been given the chance to win certain prizes or rewards for being vaccinated. Acting Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Anthony Annucci wrote in a memo issued to all inmates, “At the conclusion of this vaccination campaign, Central Office will award a facility barbecue to all vaccinated individuals at six facilities…for the highest percentage of individuals vaccinated....

“Forecasts predict up to another foot of snow to come to the Buffalo area, and one to two feet to come to the Watertown area, today and tomorrow. The storm is weakening, but we are not out of the woods yet. Do not take a chance. Stay home, stay off the roads, and stay safe,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said on Twitter on Monday afternoon. “State and local agencies, as well as @NationalGuardNY are continuing their heroic search & rescue efforts, with over 550 rescues accomplished so far....

Roger Jassie, 57, was detained by officers from the New York Police Department after allegedly kicking a child in the chest during an altercation at the School of the Future in Brooklyn. The suspect was employed as a 7th-grade math teacher, according to the school website. The teacher “lost his temper” with a child who was trying to block another student from entering his classroom, the New York Post reported....

During a morning appearance on local news station NY1 on Tuesday, Shea said that “in a perfect world” a vaccine mandate for police would come from the state or federal level, rather than from him. But if that were to happen, the police commissioner said he would “100 percent” support the move. “There’s just so much unnecessary loss [of life] in my opinion right now…We lost somebody last week that was an extremely healthy man that had at one point in his career not gotten sick for 17 years,” he said....

The concert was the first stop in the six-stop summer tour of the native soul-pop band Six60. It toook place at the Waitangi Sports Grounds near the nation’s northern tip. Before Six60’s concert, the country had hosted various New Year’s Eve music festivals that also had massive crowds, including Rhythm and Vines, Rhythm & Alps and the Northern Bass festivals, each held in different parts of the nation, according to NME....